Adjustable measuring device for towel cabinets



LSMAOZ Nov6 4, E924 G. A. STEINER ADJUSTABLE MEASURING DEVICE FOR- TowEL cABINETs Filed Feb. 20

E J/v l/f/v TOR 650565 STE/NER 5m @@Q TTORNEYJ GEORGE A. STFZIN'ER, 0F SALT LAKE CIT-Y, UTAH, ASSIGNOR TO'STEINER SALES COM- ?ANY, F SALT CITY, UTAH, A CORPORATION 0F UTAH.

ADJUSTABLE MEASURING DEVICE FCR TOWEL CABINETS.

Application led February 20, 1922. Serial No. 538,103. i

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. STEINER, a citizen of the United States, resident of Salt Lake City, count of Salt Lake, State of- Utah, have invente certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Measuring Devices for Towel Cabinets', of which the following is a specification.

In the use of a towel cabinet of the continuous type, it is desirable to provide some meansl for limiting the feed of the clean towel or the length of towel delivered when the user exerts a pull thereon. In some cases it is desirable to have the measuring device entirely automatic-that is, one that will positively stop the feed when a prede-i termined length of towel has been dellvered and then automatically reset itself to permit further feed of the towel when the user ceases' to pull thereon. In other cases it isy towel.

desirable to provide a measuring device in which it is necessary for the user to release the stop device preliminary or as a condition precedent to obtaining a length of clean The object of my present invention is to provide a measurmg device which, by a simple adjustment, can be adapted for either of these conditions, entirely automatic in one instance and requiring a release movement of the user in another. p Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming y part of this specification,

Figure 1 is-a vertical sectional view through a towel cabinet embodying my invention, v r

Figure 2 is a side view of the same, showing one form of the measuring device,

Figure 3 is a .similar view, showing the v measuring device adjusted to itspther position,

Figu 1 -44 of Figure 2,

re 4 is a sectional view on the line Figure 5 is a detail view of the measuring device in Figure 2, separated from the cabi- `net Figure 6 is a similar "iew, showing the measuring devlee of. F1gure3 separated i from .the cabinet.

and particularly In the drawing, 2 represents the side walls of the cabinet, 3 the front door through which access may be had to the towel, and y 4 and '5 guidewa s in the side walls vfor the shafts 6 and of the soiled and clean towel rolls. Feed rolls 8 and 9 contact respectively with these towel Vrolls and'have a chain drive connection 10 between them for synchronous movement. A transverse brace 12 is provided Aat the bottomof the cabinet between which and the door a gap is formed to allow the clean towel to be fed downwardly. A guard 13 is pivoted at 14 in the rear of the towel rolls and has an opening 15 at the top through which the soiled'towel passes to its roll, a space being provi/ded between the guard 13 and the rear of the cabinet to allow the convenient upward feed of the soiled towel. on the lower end of the guard and preferably overhangs the brace 12 to prevent any onereachin up through the bottom of the cabinet to t e clean towel or its feed roll.

The shaft of the lower feed roll has an extension 17 thereon terminating in a crank 18 in which a bar 19 is longitudinally slidable, having a finger grip 20 at one end and a pin 21 at its opposite end Jprojecting inwardly lat right angles substantially to the bar. This bar and pin form in effect a locking dogthat is free to slide in the crank and adjust the p'in toward or from the axis of the crank. A disc 22 is secured to the wall ofV the cabinet by suitable means, such as screws 23, and this disc is provided with an annular groove 24 having a shoulder or stop 25 therein and a corresponding oiiset shoulder or stop 26 opposite the stop 25, a gagl of suflicient width being provided between t em to allowthe free movement of the pin 21 therein. When the disc 22 'is in the position on the wall of the cabinet shown in Figure .5, the pin will drop by gravity to A shelf 16 is formed G5 a point opposite the stop 26 and when the The stopping of the feed and the resetting of the dog to permit further feed is thus automatic.

ln some cases the person in charge of the cabinet or the owner of the building where it may be used may wish to have the measuring device only partially automatic, re-

uiring the release lor setting of the dog after t e feed has been stopped before it can be resumed. With. this end in view I provide forthe rotary adjustment of the disc 22 by simply removing the screws, giving the disc a quarter turn and then securing it again in the same screw holes. This adjustment ,is indicated in Figure 6, where, as shown, the dog instead of being vertical, is horizontally arranged 'and upon vcompletion of the feeding movement and the engagement of the dog with this stop, no further action of the dog will take place when the user releases the towel, but it will be necessary for the user to push the dog out of engagement with the stop 25- to allow the feeding operation to be repeated. Renters or users of the cabinet may prefer this rarrangement of measuring device, as it prevents waste of clean toweling, requiring a little more exertion on the part of the user to push the button and pull the clean towel than to` simply pull the clean towel after the automatic release.

Iclaim as m invention:

l. The combination, with a towel roll, of a4 feed roll in engagement with the towel thereon, a measuring device having a cam groove, a vertically arranged bar mounted to slide radially with respect to the axis of said feed roll and having a pin to travel in iger-M02 said groove, said roove' having a stop to check movement of:` said pin and unwinding of the towel when a predetermined length has been delivered, said bar dropping by gravity to move said pin out of engagement with said stop and allowing further unwinding of the roll when pull upon the towel ceases,said measuring device being mounted for quarter rotation on the axis of said feed roll to adjust said bar to a horizontal position and require it to be pushed in` wardly to disengage its pin from its stop preliminary to repeating the unwinding operation.

2. The combination, with a towel roll, of a feed roll, a hollow crank for said feed roll, a measuring device comprising a disc having a cam groove therein and a stop, a normally vertical bar mounted to slide radially of said discy in said hollow crank and having a pin to travel in saidA groove and engage said stop and check unwinding of said towel roll when a predetermined length has been delivered, said bar dropping by gravity and its pin 'becoming thereby released from said stop and permitting further unwinding of said towel roll when pull upon the towel ceases, said disc being mounted for rotary adjustment on the axis of its feed roll to move said bar to a horizontal position and require inward pressure thereon to disengage said pin from said stop before repeating the unwinding operation.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth da of Februar 1922.

v GEOR E A. STEI ER. 

